The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs forced five more turnovers, showed no letdown after last week's road win over then-No. 6 Hardin-Simmons, and cruised Saturday to a 59-21 Alumni & Family Weekend victory over Louisiana College.

The Navarro Lady Panthers cross country team had a successful district meet last Tuesday at Starcke Park in Seguin, placing third in District 30-4A to advance to the regional meet.

If quarterback ratings were a thing in high school, Jhalen Mickles had a game off the charts.

Fans filed into Erwin-Lee Field on Friday expecting another in a series of tight battles between the Navarro Panthers and the Llano Yellowjackets.

Quinten Shelnutt accounted five touchdowns and rushed for 288 yards as the Lifegate Christian Falcons (5-2) got back on the winning side of things with a 66-36 win over Ovilla Christian Friday night at Falcon Field.

A second half crumble resulted in the Marion Bulldogs inability to defend its outright, undefeated District 15-3A title from last year, falling to the Jourdanton Indians Friday night, 35-14.

The Marion Bulldogs won’t be able to have a repeat of last week’s win over Cole tonight at undefeated Jourdanton.

How tough is District 13-4A-II?

With just three games left in the regular season, the Lifegate Christian Falcons six-man football team will look to rebound from its first lopsided loss of the season.

Three weeks ago, the Seguin Matadors were looking for the first win of the season.

The game itself was almost an afterthought for the night.

ABILENE, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs forced five turnovers and returned three of those for touchdowns in a 38-27 road upset of sixth-ranked Hardin-Simmons. 

The Matadors had been waiting for this.

A turnover extravaganza between the Marion Bulldogs (4-2, 2-0) and the Cole Cougars (3-2, 1-1) did not impede Marion from walking away with the 30-6 win on Friday night.

I went to my first TLU game a couple of weeks back and got treated to a prime example of small town, small college football at its finest.

For four weeks now, the Lifegate Christian Falcons football team has rolled over their opponents.

Kathy Long signals touchdown as the confetti flies around here in the stands at the TLU home opener on Sept. 14, 2019. Long has not missed a home game since she began working at the university four years ago.

Marion quarterback Zach Goodwin (1) takes the ball around the corner for a big gainer in Marion's 30-6 win over SA Cole on Firday, Oct. 4, 2019. The Bulldogs overcame seven turnovers for the win.

Sometimes the bye week comes just at the right time.

The gray hairs are coming fast and furious for Marion head coach Ryne Miller.

Good teams don’t let losses linger. And if you’re in the way, it’s a tall hill to climb.

Of our four area volleyball teams, Seguin was the only one to get a win on Friday, as Navarro dropped its first match in weeks to state-ranked La Vernia, and Lifegate and Marion both fell to tough competition.

The Texas Lutheran Bulldogs dominated Southwestern 27-0 Saturday night in Bulldog Stadium by forcing six turnovers and shutting out the Pirates for the first time in nine all-time meetings.

The Navarro Panthers used both old and new weapons to outlast the Giddings Buffaloes Friday night in an entertaining 46-32 non-district victory.

The opening night of District 15-3A action began Friday as the Marion Bulldogs travelled west on FM 78 to play district rival, the Randolph Ro-Hawks (3-2) (0-1).  

It’s becoming old hat for the Lifegate Christian Falcons.

The Giddings Buffaloes and the Navarro Panthers enter their matchup Friday night in Geronimo finding the tables have been turned from when they faced off a year ago.

A week after Seguin opened district play, it’s the Marion Bulldogs’ (2-2) turn this Friday at SA Randolph.

Two weeks ago, the Seguin Lady Mats had their backs against the wall.

Seguin is making a comeback in its bid for the playoffs, Navarro and Lifegate continue to roll, and Marion is prepping for its district run with some tough matches in the midst of this year’s volleyball season.

MARSHALL — After a last-second loss to Hendrix last week, the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs bounced back with a 31-21 road victory over East Texas Baptist in the American Southwest Conference opener for both teams.

One of the teams was going to get its first win of the season Friday evening at Nelson Field in Austin.

The Navarro Panthers love opponents’ homecomings in about the same way that Vikings loved fishing villages.

The Marion Bulldogs (2-2) faced off with the Hondo Owls (1-3) Friday night, with the hometown boys staving off a surging push by the western visitors.  

The Seguin Matadors were close last week.

Two undefeated teams with unfinished business will square off on Friday night when the Navarro Panthers travel east to meet the La Grange Leopards in a non-district contest.

The Marion Bulldogs volleyball team had seemingly recaptured the momentum in the game on Tuesday night in Marion.

All four area volleyball teams were in action last Friday, with Seguin getting a crucial district win, Navarro getting its first, Marion winning, and Lifegate taking its first loss of the season.

Sandy Burks kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Hendrix College (Ark.) Warriors to a 26-23 non-conference road win over Texas Lutheran, spoiling the Bulldogs home and season-opener Saturday.

MARBLE FALLS—The old masters showed the fresh novices a thing or two in a battle of Slot-T offenses Friday night as the Navarro Panthers routed the Marble Falls Mustangs 33-7.

Marion’s home opener for the 2019 season didn’t turn out the way the Bulldog fans would have liked, as a full harvest moon shone brightly on the field at Veterans Stadium. 

It was a game befitting of the full moon rising over Matador Stadium on Friday the 13th.

For the second week in a row, the Lifegate Christian Falcons ended a game early, mercy-ruling Annapolis Christian 50-0 on Friday night in Corpus Christi.

Since the middle of the 2014 season, the Navarro Panthers have lost to just four teams.

Last year at this time, the Seguin Matadors were in the same boat.